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HT2000W's 5Ghz radio not working.
I noticed in the past that the 5Ghz radio never showed up as a connection option in my laptop, nor in my notebook. Today, I actively tried connecting both my laptop and notebook, and even my TV, to ...
Okay. Update.
The neighbors have a newer Lenovo Thinkpad that most definitely does have the ability to connect using the 5Ghz band. It was brought over. It turns out my modem is fine. It connected without issue. We didn't really try anything with it other than just going to Google and doing a quick search. That was enough, though.
I feel like a schmuck. LOL. :(
Wildcats,
It's kind of hectic here at the moment but in the next day or two I will try to make up a chechklist of items for you to look at.
Browser settings and plug-ins can be discounted as well as extentions as those items would apply to both wired and wireless.
Wildcats,
Here is a good overview of things that can affect wireless speeds:
https://turbofuture.com/computers/Improving-Performance-on-a-Wireless-Internet-Connection
Here is another that delves into wireless encryption modes and talks about 'mixed mode' slow-downs.
https://www.howtogeek.com/204697/wi-fi-security-should-you-use-wpa2-aes-wpa2-tkip-or-both/
